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Volume 9, Issue 9 (Suppl)
J Cancer Sci Ther, an open access journal
ISSN: 1948-5956
World Cancer 2017
October 19-21, 2017
25
th
WORLD CANCER CONFERENCE
October 19-21, 2017 | Rome, Italy
J Cancer Sci Ther 2017, 9:9(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/1948-5956-C1-112
Effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation training in managing chemotherapy-induced nausea
and vomiting in Chinese lung cancer patients
Dan Luo
1
and
Huaping Liu
2
1
University of Sydney, Australia
2
Peking Union Medical College, China
Background:
Behavioral techniques such as progressive muscle relaxation training are becoming increasingly important in
dealing with chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting.
Objective:
This study was designed to assess the effectiveness of progressive muscle relaxation training (PMRT) in reducing
the nausea and vomiting by highly emetogenic chemotherapy in lung cancer patients.
Methods:
72 chemotherapy-naive lung cancer patients participated and were divided into two groups. 36 patients in the
experimental group received PMRT 1 h before and after chemotherapy with cisplatin for 3 days, and daily thereafter for
another 4 days (totally 7 days). Patients received PMRT twice per day and each session lasted for 25 minutes. The instruments
used for data collection was MASCC Antiemesis Tool (MAT) which was used daily for the 7 post-chemotherapy days.
Results:
The use of PMRT considerably decreased the vomiting episodes and nausea intensity in the experimental group
compared with the control group in the delayed phase (P<0.01), whereas there were no differences in acute phase. Neither
nausea nor vomiting differed in incidents between the two groups in the acute and delayed phases .
Conclusion:
Such findings suggest that PMRT is a useful technique in the delayed phase to reduce nausea and vomiting by
highly emetogenic chemotherapy. Incorporating the interventions into the care plan can improve symptom management of
cancer patients who experience gastrointestinal side effects of chemotherapy.
dluo7794@uni.sydney.edu.au